Social media scrapers are commonly used by sites looking for additional content on relevant topics, as well as valuation of social media accounts in various manners. Some pull content directly off the web, while others use tools such as the Twitter API.

While some may question the value of many of these sites as a whole on the web, one thing is for certain- social media scraper sites do help to promote better established sites, and build additional backlinks, in many cases, aiding in direct promotion of a social media account, and SEO.